HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit 2ATTACHMENT A
SCOPE OF SERVICES
MIAMI HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (MHAP)
OUTREACH TO HOMELESS DETAINESS
Contract # KF111
SCOPE OF SERVICES
The Provider agrees to provide outreach, assessment, referral and transportation services to
detainees at the Dade County Jail. The Provider will offer placement in programs to homeless
arrestees being released. If placement is refused, information will be provided regarding the
Countywide Continuum of Care system of services and provide transportation back to where they
were arrested. The project will operate seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. The project
will target only those who are released from jail. The Salvation Army will have set aside six (6)
beds for individuals accepting shelter. The provider will coordinate with the Dade County Jail
and Pre -Trial Release officials for hours of release and anticipated court times that arrestees may
be freed. Each month, for a twelve-month period of this project the provider will:
* Contact a minimum of 800 individuals being released from Dade
County Jail, resulting in 2400 outreach contacts over the grant term;
* Provide transportation to 200 individuals (25%) back to their place of arrest;
* Assess the needs and provide shelter referrals to a minimum of 400 homeless
persons (50%)
* Place a minimum of 200 persons (50%) in housing for more than seven days.
Conditions:
1. Reimbursement shall be made only for costs associated with the provision of services
actually provided to clients under this Agreement, consistent with the approved budget,
Attachment B, unless the County agrees, in writing, to another mode of payment or for an
advance as provided for in this Agreement;
2. Monthly reports, should be signed by the Executive Director of the agency and submitted
to the County, as required;
3. Detainees in the Dade County Jail are priorities for this program;
4. Outreach teams, consisting of two (2) individuals will be stationed at the Jail to provide
outreach, assessment, referral, and services under this Agreement;
5. The Provider will work closely and cooperatively with Miami -Dade County's
Department of Corrections and other outreach offices contracted with the County,
through the Homeless Trust;
6. The Provider will work closely and cooperatively with the intake staff of the Homeless
Assistance Centers and other emergency housing providers in the community.
7. The Provider shall make referrals to other services that are available through the
Continuum of Care, i.e., health services, mental health services, non -treatment beds,
employment and job training/placement services, housing placement assistance, in
accordance with the policies and procedures for said referrals;
8. The Provider shall follow the Outreach and Assessment policies and procedures
established by the Miami -Dade County Homeless Trust, to include referrals to the
appropriate level of housing and services;
9. The Provider shall place homeless individuals and families in appropriate housing,
emergency facilities, transitional, and permanent housing throughout Miami -Dade
County;